Health Information

Educational Resources

These areas have been reviewed by our group and we can recommend these as
excellent resources for health information. As with all health related information, the content can change rapidly and we strongly encourage you to discuss all health matters and concerns with your physician before embarking on new diagnostic or treatment strategies.

Focused Educational Topics

• General Medical Information from Your Family Doctor
• Lucille Packard Children's Hospital Health Library
• Stanford Health Library

Travel Immunization and Recommendations

• Advice for Travelers about SARS
• CDC Travel Information
• US State Department Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheets

Information about Infectious Diseases

• CDC West Nile Virus Update
• Flu Facts from the CDC
• Influenza Vaccine Statements - English - Chinese - Spanish
• SFM Guide to Using Antibiotics Wisely

Information about How to Interpret Lab Test Results

Nutrition Guides

• Dietary Guidelines For Americans, 2000
• Tufts University Nutrition Navigator
• USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center

Preventive Medicine and Health Promotion

• General Health Care Guidelines
• Current Adult Guidelines ( also in pdf )
• Current Child Guidelines ( also in pdf )
• Staying Healthy at 50+
• Vaccination Self-Test
• American College of Sports Medicine Guide to Starting an Exercise Program
• American College of Sports Medicine Parent's Guide to Exercise in Children
• American College of Sports Medicine Fall 2001 Fit Society Page
• Shape Up America!
• Stanford Prevention Research Center

High Blood Pressure Information

• NIH Blood Pressure and Diet Information
• Dash Diet

Cholesterol Information

• National Cholesterol Education Program
• Download NCEP High Cholesterol Fact Sheet

Diabetes Information

• Stanford Health Library: Diabetes Information Resources
• NIH Diabetes Overview
• NIH "7 Principles for Controlling your Diabetes for Life"
• American Diabetes Association Home Page

Topics of General Interest to our Patients

Health Care in California and the United States

• California Department of Health
• California Internet Formulary Reference
• Center for Disease Control Update and Links on Biological/Chemical Weapons
• Report - Overhauling U.S. Health Care Institute for Healthcare Improvement
  

General WWW Health Links

• CancerNet
• CDC Health Topics
• Google Health Index
• HealthFinder - US Dept of HHHS
• Intelihealth
• MEDLINEplus
• NIH Consumer Health
• NY Times Womens Health Information
• Stanford Health Library
• Yahoo Health Index